Originally from Sacramento, California, Aleisha Ayers was recruited to play softball at Villanova and also notes that she was attracted to “Villanova’s award-winning College of Engineering.” A Civil Engineering major with a mathematics’ minor, Aleisha is in the Honors program and plans to become a structural engineer.

Brittany Davis is a Philadelphia native majoring in Chemical Engineering with minors in Business and Engineering Entrepreneurship. On campus she serves on the board of the National Honor Society for Black Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers. She hopes to one day bring together her love of dance (and its related products) with her interest in chemical engineering.

Established by Nancy C. Lee, former Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs, and current Associate Director Linda Coleman, the Villanova Women of Color Scholarship was designed to aid underrepresented women with college expenses. Recipients of the scholarship are nominated based on:

Involvement in the Villanova community

Good academic and disciplinary standing

Financial need

Commitment to service

To learn more, visit the Women of Color page on the Department of Multicultural Affairs’ website.

Aleshia Ayers ’15 CEE

Brittany Davis ’15 ChE

About College of Engineering

Villanova University College of Engineering is committed to an educational program that emphasizes technical excellence and a liberal arts education within the framework of the University's Augustinian and Catholic traditions. As a community of scholars, we seek to educate students to pursue both knowledge and wisdom, and to aspire to ethical and moral leadership within their chosen careers, their community, and the world.